Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level ...

The rapid growth of the Internet of Things means that data is more readily available and easily accessible than ever. Sensors, “smart” devices and software connect our world to the cloud, gathering ...

This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED Hall effect sensors are everywhere right now. Keyboards, game controllers, and DIY kits use them for more ...

In-display fingerprint sensors have become commonplace in virtually all Android smartphones, for better or for worse, and five years later we’re finally seeing the ultrasonic variety widely used ...

This artificial vision is accomplished using a variety of sensor types, and the implementation varies among automakers. In this primer, we explain how each category of sensors works and what it's ...

"There are probably 500 sensors in this car that measure all types of things," Duggal tells me in our exclusive chat in the vehicle. Cars, he says, will be integrated into your digital life ...

Yet, rapid detection of LMMPs (1–10 μm) at the single-particle level within complex freshwater matrices remains a hurdle. We developed an adaptable plasmonic membrane sensor for fast detection of ...